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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1908)
I Events of the I SOCIETY $ Week In Norfolk The mooting ( if I lie Elkhorn Volley Medical iiHHielnll ( ii which wns held tit ( In1 Norfolk state hospital on Mon ilny nfUTiKMin mul evening was n very HiicccKKful anil Interesting OIR > from the iloctorH' standpoint nnil tilso n pleasant social one from the. ladles Hide. Muny of thu doctors brought their wlvi'B who were entertnlned by the IndleH of the hospital nt n most delightfully Inforniiil reception durlnp the nfteriidoii. A number of Norfolli ladles Imd the pleitHtire of mootlnp the out of town guests. At the close of the nfternoon nil the visitors wen KiiCHtH of Dr. and Mrs. Young at n four course supper which was de. HolouB and which was very daintily nerved. An hour of poelal vlnltIng fol lowed while the doctors enjoyed n iiulet smoke before taking np tlu program of the cvenltiK. The members of the Woman's clul held u palled meeting on Monday nf ternoon at the home of Mrs. O. H Meredith on South Ninth Htreet. Tlu ladles decided to open a rest tout al the chautauqua which opens Angusl first. The tent will ho nicely nr ranged for the comfort of all clul women not only from Norfolk bul visiting clubs as well. Mrs. 0. H Meredith and Mrs. Hnbert Utter will lie In charge to welcome the visitors Already a number of clubs from othei towns have arranged for tents and will camp on the grounds during the sea filon. Xollgh , Stanton , 1'lerco tint' ' Madison clubs are among those win will come. The W. C. T. U. ladles will Imvo n rest tent on the chnutautum grounds which will bo IHted up nicely for all visitors. Each day will find some ol the W. C. T. U. ladles In charge Comfortable chairs , with plenty of good literature will make It a pleasant place for tired visitors to rest. The ladles of the Methodist church gave a surprise party In honor of Mrs. G. H. Gray of Central City , who has been the guest of Mrs. D. K. Tin- hill for the last few weeks. A social nftornoon was spent after which a C o'clock supper was served. About thirteen ladles were present. A dance complimentary to Miss Cora Paull of Kearney , who spoilt the week with her brother , P. Paull , was given ut Marquardt hall Wednesday evening. On Tuesday evening a party In Miss Paull's ' honor was given at the homo of Mrs. B , W , Barrett. - - - Vv- ' 'Miss Clare Xapper entertained a small company of young friends on Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Nellie Bundlck of Denver , who is the guest of Miss Dorothy Salter. . - - - - - IPA farewell surprlso party for Mrs. William O'Donnell was arranged by ladles of the Catholic altar society. The party was. held at the home of ' Mrs. Kiloran ! , j . ' " > . l S * v . : - rr-r ; M A picnic for the members of tbG Sunday schexil of the Christian church was held on Wednesday. The day- for all who at- was a pleasant one tended. The members of Julius Ilulff's Sabbath school class enjoyed a picnic In the woods on Monday. Personals. Mrs. E. 11. Tracy and daughter , L.uclle and Marie , are In the city for u visit with old time friends. At the present they are guests of Mrs. Jack Koenigsteln. , superintendent of Miss Xan Dorsey district nurses in Omaha , was a guest of Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Young at the hospital a few days this week. Mrs. 0. L. Hyde left Friday evening for Hot Springs , S. D. , to spend a few- days with her husband who is travelIng - Ing In that territory this month. Miss Alice Woodbnry of Center , Nebr. , arrived In Norfolk Monday fern n two weeks' visit with Mrs. C. 13. Henritz , on South First street. Mrs. J. M. O'Connell of Ponca and Mrs. C. H. Allen of Sioux City were guests of Mrs , W. X. Huso from Mon day until Thursday. Mrs. G. A. Young has enjoyed a visit the past week from her sisters , Miss Keating und Mrs. Con Keating of Columbus. Miss Melllo Bridge and Helen May- lard drove to Madison Monday for a couple of days' visit with Mrs. George Davenport. Miss Jennie- Brooks , daughter of Governor Brooks of Wyoming visited Miss Madge Mltchlo the past week. Dr. P. II. Salter has boon confined to the house since Tuesday with n very nalnful attack of lumbago. Hymenlal. A "miscellaneous" shower was giver Friday evening In honor of Miss Elizabeth both Schelly , whose marriage to Dr Carl J. Verges takes place on Tuesday evening , by a jolly company of young ladles. At the homo of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Guild on Wedncs day , A. C. Sampson and Miss LJllh Guild were married by Rev. Edwli Booth , leaving In the evening foi their future home In Whltewood , S. I ) . Battle Creek News. L. J. Young of Newman Grove , Dem ocratic candidate for representative at the primary election , wan In .our city Thursday. Postmaster F. H. I , . Willis is com pelled to stay homo on account of rheumatism. Mr. and Mrs. Sharp of Honesteel are here on a vacation visiting Mrs. Sharp's parents , Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hodman. Mr. sharp Is operator at that place for ( lie Northwestern. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Router of Hastings were visiting hero the mid dle of thu week at th home of Mrs. Johanna Xohnor. Robert Xohnor , the hitter's sou , Married Mr. Renter's daughter , ami Is solicitor for the In dependent Telephone company at Hastings. GtiHtav Uriose and daughter of Loretta - etta , Iloone county , are visiting here this week at the home of his mother , Mrs. Honselet , and at the homo of his father-in-law , Henry FuchK. Uattle Creek will celebrate four days In a street carnival next month , will give ten big attractions , with a " " "high dive " "Ferris "merry-go-round , , wheel , " etc. Edward Ringer was hero the latter part of last week on business from Xellgh. D. A. Brown of Omaha and J. L. Slnkula of Howells were here Satur day on real estate business. Tom Sesslor Is going to build a large addition to his livery barn to give room for about -100 horses and other animals. 13. W. Braasch was here Friday from Xorfolk. Miss Emma Deyer departed Sunday for the old home In Perry county , Mo. Miss Bertha Richardson will bo her substitute at M. L. Thompson's store during her absence till September. County Commissioner Burr Taft of Xorfolk and Henry Sundorman of Falrvlew were hero Friday on official business. "Dandy" Gardels , who was up in South Dakota about one year , returned home Monday and Is going to work for his father. Mrs. Rudolph Manheim and brother Earl Oliver , who fwyETAOlNTAOIN Earl Oliver , who have visited here about two monthB at the homo of their grandfather , Patrick Henry Ingoldsby , departed Monday for their home at Reno , Nevada. M. J. Rooney sold the little house he recently bought on the corner of Main and Depot streets to Howard Miller" , who has moved It out on one of his vacant lots , two blocks west of Depot j street. George , the eldest son of Ralph Simmons , Is in an Omaha hospital where he had an operation performed on his foot. The latest report says that the boy is doing well. Mr. Sim mons went down again Tuesday to HOC liU soil. i ' * T . Mr. and MrS. August Eucker of 1 Wildsay WOVe visiting Saturday and Sunday at the homo of Otto Born near Xorfolk. The evening services at the Luth eran church arc dismissed till Septem ber on account of hot weather. Fred Werner and family of Meadow Grove were visiting relatives heru Sunday. Mrs. S. H. Thatch Is visiting her son , George Thatch , at Dallas , S. D. Bernard Longhoop of Hartlngton was hero from Saturday till Monday visiting relatives. Joseph Maas went to Crolghtou Monday on business. A baseball game was played here Sunday afternoon between Tlldon and Battle Creek. Nine' Innings. Score S to 0 in favor of Battle Creek. Um pire , John Durphey. Frank Srb , accompanied by his son , Joe Srb , of Howells was bore on business Monday. A Romance by Correspondence. Oakdale Sentinel : A man giving his name as John Adams , loafed around town from the day before the Fourth until Monday of this week , and many citizens were curious to know hla business. To the causual observer hla chief occupation was destroying booze , in fact he came to bo known here as "Whiskey Sour. " He at tended strictly to his own business , and aside from presenting a disgust ing sight when he shosved himself while under the influence of booze , he disturbed no one. Since his de parture the cause of his visit here has leaked out. Several months ago a farmer living a few miles distant from Oakdale ( the direction Is Im material , and the farmer's name will not add much to the story ) pur chased an article of furniture for his homo. The daughter , a young lady , discovered In one of the drawers the name "John Adams , " and the address given was a town in Xorth Carolina. The young lady wrote a letter and mailed It to the address given. In a short time a reply was received. Other correspondence ensued and the man represented himself to bo all that was good and entirely free from all bad habits , except the smoking of an occasional cigar. Whether or nol the young lady knew of the man's In tended visit hero Is not known , but they met on the street In this city the other day and each recognized the other at once. Seeing his condition the girl passed the man with nothing more than a mere greeting. The man hue gone. SECRETARY RYNEARSON PRE DICTS SUCCESSFUL SEASON. PUBLIC WEDDING FOR NORFOLK An Open Air Wedding at the Raci Track on August 13 Is Announced bj the Race Track Management An Busy Advertising and Planning. Xorth Nebraska race circuit towm can count on a big Held of norses a the August and fall races. Sicretary Rynearson of Madison the secretary of the general north Xe bnisku circuit , glvos this nssuranci and he bases It on the unprvcedenloi demand for -entry blanks. This IB a great year for western races The south stale circuit has been draw Ing big fields and pulling off .somi fast races. Norfolk and north Xe braska will draw many horses fron these fields. Work of advertising and preparlni for thv .Norfolk races continue. Xev features are being secured. A pub lie wedding , an August ll ! wedding , 1 you please , Is announced as a featun at the driving park on Thursday o the races. The couple for the public weddlni come from Omaha and arc under con tract legal as well as matrimonial. Tin groom announced as Mr. Joe Li Brecht , the bride as Miss Hewitt. Tin groom has written asking for a Moth odlst minister. RAILROADS ARE IN POLITICS. That Is a Statement Made by Rail road Age Gazette. Railroad Age Gazette : The rail roads are In politics. They ought no lo bo there , but there Is no use blink ing the fact that they are there. Thej llgure prominently In the national plat forms of both great parlies. Thej will be discussed during the campalgi from every rostrum and in every com munity. Upon the way they arc treated will depend how many mei they can employ and what they cai pay them. What the party platform ! say , past experience has shown , Is af less significance than the views o : the Individual candidates. If rallroai employees know where their true welfare lies they will study this qucs Him thoroughly and discuss It Ir every part of the country , with thcli neighbors and with the candidates for public offices , Tliey will alsc study carefully the records ant speeches of every candidate ; nne' ' they will make It clearly understood that their votes will not bo cast this fall for any man who docs not Intel llgently recognize and candidly con cede that railroads nnd railroad em ployees as well as travelers ane shippers , have interests and rights tc 1)0 ) respected by lawmakers and public Dlilcials , state and national , MILLS HOTEL BURNC. Keya Paha Town Has Fire on the Fourth Only Two Men In Town. Sprlngvlow Herald : On the after noon of the Fourth the hotel at Mills caught fire and was burned to the ground. The fire was discovered by Bert Jones as lie was hitching up to go to a celebration. Ho and Mr. McClure were the only men In town. Ho telephoned to Doty's where a picnic was In progress but when the men got there It was hopeless and all they could do was to protect the other buildings. MV. und Mrs. John son hrtd left Only an hour before for the celebration at Burton. They had no fire that morning save in a small gasoline stove to get breakfast and in u distant part of the house from where the lire started. Nothing was saved of any consequence , only a table and a few chairs , while everything else , furniture , clothing , except what they were wearing , all went up in smoke. The household goods were Insured for $100 and the building for $ GOO. Out of the ashes will rise a better and bigger hotel , for they were not cold till the men about the town decided to build a ? 1,200 hotel and the money was raised the next day. Those who put up the money are : Win. Rltterbush , A. Stoltenburg , S. Schultz , Jno. Bauld , W. S. Rowan , C. F , Carlson , W. H. Harvey , J. Donason , Win. Smothers , U. E. Jones. When great fires take place In the city the dailies make a great show of the heroism and grit of the men who decide to rebuild but the action of these men Is worthy of greater credit for they are not building for hope of reward but for the public good and arc doing It out of limited resources. All praise to such public spirit. West Point Democrat : The Northwestern - western railway company has engaged about fifty Austrlans at this place this week to raise the railway track two feet a distance of about two miles , or from the north corner of town nearly to Plum creek , In order to drain the water from the fertile land which has been made useless by the deep water which the railway bed prevented from passing on to the river. The action of the receivership creditors of the Crouch lines to take over for the receivers the Indebtedness of the road met with the approval of Rapid Olty business men , who hold n majority of the claims. The trustees In charge of the pool of claims Is composed of James Halley , president of the First National bank ; H. W , Helnrlchs , cashier of the Security Savings bank ; George Schneider , cashier of tbe , pennlngton Counts bank , all of Rapid City. They will receive the claims and allot ttooU al par The canvass of merchants whlct resulted In ( securing pledges to routi Hhlpments via the Crouch lines am the Burlington , IB expected to tnulu the Milwaukee and Xurthwestori roads to become active bidders for the ItiFolvont system. If the road Is bought by the receiver's creditors I' ' .vlll wipe out $1,000.000 In slock am $1.0(10,000 ( In bonds. THE FARM IN MOTION PICTURES Western Farms Will Illustrate th < Model Farmer In Action. Omaha , July : > ' , . Like the phone 'i-aph the "mutton picture machine' Is to be made to serve a more worth ) purpose than gathering In the nickel ! and 1 dimes at small theater doors. I Is to be put to the most practical pur pose Imaginable showing motion methods on the farm. This will prob ably be the first real practical worl < the machine with its dickering pic tnres has ever done. C. W. Martin , an Omaha Insurance man , has demonstrated that the mov Ing picture machine was made for r more worthy purpose than roproduc. Ins ? a prize fight by rounds , showhif children how daring llremen rescue people from burning buildings , throw Ing upon a white sheet a Mexican bul light or the dancers of a sinful ballot show. Martin Is a globe trotter , lecturer human being and genius. He Is alsc the owner of a moving picture camera He has made pictures of Dan Patcl breaking the pacing record and Barnej Oldlleld going through a fence In tin "Green Dragon" and "Red Devil , " bul he recently conceived an Idea that tin moving camera should be put to r better purpose. If It could take a pic lure of the fastest harness horses Ir. the world , it would make a better out of the best team of work horses on western farms and Martin had guessed what the agricultural colleges and "short courses" were after. As a result of a conference with the managers of the National Corn Exposition - position , which Is to be held at Omuhn December 0 to 1 ! ) , Marl in Is not tr. write life or lire insurance this sum mer month , nor for the next few months. He Is visiting the "model" farms of Colorado , Nebraska and South Dakota and making pictures which are to be later shown at the big agricultural show In Omaha , and the various colleges and experiment sta tions in the west. Farmers will be shown on the can vas using the latest planting , cultivat ing and harvesting machinery. While a Iwcturer explains the process , the model farmer will be seen going about testing seed corn , planting H , and taking care of it , and the mov ing picture ; man will be on the ground when It Is harvested and will he able to show the growers husking the big yields and better quality of wealth giving crop. Almost every one has keen farmers gather corn , but few of them have seen the model farmers selecting seed and gathering at har vest time 100 bushels to the aero. Every one will be interested In knowing something more of the proc ess responsible for the loaf 'of bread that comes to the table dally. The . moving picture camera will show the . modern wheat drill at seeding time , the perfected self-binder , which cuts the grain , binds bundles ready for the shockers at one process , and the modern steam thresher which cuts the bands from the bundles , feeds the grain Into the machine with more than human precision , separates the grnlu from the straw , fans and cleans It ready for the mills , and elevates the grain into the wagon ready for its journey from the farm to the flouring mills. Yes ; sometimes a want ad reduces a long task to a short one. Mr. Kern's Whiskers. Walt Mason In the Emporla Gazette treats Mr. Kern's whiskers disparag ingly. He says : "Mr. Kern , the democratic nominee for vice president , is doubtless a good and great man , but the fact that ho has borrowed or purchased Mr. Fair banks' whiskers for political purposes will prejudice the voters against him. "The fact that the infatuated states man of Indiana regards chin whickers as necessary to political purposes is something that defies philosophical analysis. Before the campaign Is ended Mr. Kern will realize that ho has made n , mistake. The voters have their artistic Instincts , as well as their patriotic ambitions , and they will re buke all varieties of chin whiskers at the polls. New South Dakota Commissioners. Sioux Falls , S. D. , July 25. Special to The News : Roy S. Scott , who for some little time has been United States commissioner at Camp Crook , In western South Dakota , by order ol Judge Carland , of the United States court In this city , has been transfer red to Karinen , where ho will open his olllco on August 1. Judge Carland has appointed J. R. Warren as his successor nt Camp Crook. Two now United States commissioners , in ad dition to Mr. Warren , have recently been appointed by Judge Carland. One of thorn is Burton W. Lloyd , whoso headquarters will bo at Conata , whllo the other Is Elmer E. Wcews , late of Rapid City , who has been appointed United States commissioner at Buf falo Gap. Ho this week opened his olllco at Buffalo Gap. The rapid set tlement of western South Dakota has necessitated the appointment of a largo number of United States com missioners for the convenience ot homesteaders In making entry on their lands and In submitting final proof after having resided on the homesteads the necessary length tit Wave. HAS CHANCE FOR SUPREMACY 10 THE NEW NORTHWEST. NOW PLAYS IMPORTANT ROLE Norfolk , the "Gateway to the Nev Northwest , " Is Logical Dlstrlbutlnj Center Good Will of the People li With Norfolk. Gregory. S. D. . July 25. From i staff correspondent : It Is enough t < do the heart of any Norfolk man goot to look around and see what he cat see pointing toward .Norfolk's rlslnj supremacy In the new northwest. Everywhere one sees .Norfolk Nor folk railroad men , Norfolk travelliu men , Xorfolk money , Xorfolk pickles Xorfolk laundry baskets , Xorfoll dye works' baskets , Xorfolk brent Xorfolk Hour , Xorfolk Ice cream Xorfolk pop , Xorfolk Mowers , Xorfoll bank drafts , Norfolk machinery , Nor folk creamery cans , Norfolk candy Norfolk's dally paper , Norfolk print Ing and lithographing , Norfolk liquors Norfolk horses , Norfolk professlona men , Norfolk Insurance. It is Nor folk , Xorfolk. Xorfolk. Xorfolk railroad men run the trains Xorfolk money is loaned on manj Rosebud farms. You hear more uj here of Xorfolk than of any other oiu elty. That's natural , of course , foi Xorfolk Is the gateway to this conn try and the logical distributing center Norfolk- , with nearly two millions ol bank deposits , Is the metropolis ol this great region today , and lias ar opportunity of becoming cvon more so. so.Norfolk's Norfolk's retail possibilities In this field are unlimited. Two tilings only are necessary. First , Xorfolk must offer stocks of merchandise such as people go to a city to look for. Second end , these stocks must be advertised The stocks are already in the town , A greater and more continuous effort at letting the people of this territory know that , ought to be made. "Why Isn't Norfolk a greater whole sale point ? " This Is a question one keeps meeting. And everybody up here Is glad the Norfolk Commercial club Is making an effort to get new wholesale houses and plans to adver tise the1 city. The people of the north are with Xorfolk. They are watch ing Xorfolk grow with genuine satis faction. They expect great things of Xorfolk. They are with Mayor Stur geon and the present enterprising city- council In their efforts to pave. To fall to pave will cost Xorfolk a good deal of respect among people In the northwest who admire the gateway- city. ' - , % - M When one comes up here , he real izes how Important a role Xorfolk plays. It takes a trip up here to im press one fully with the possibilities of the case. It makes one wish the business men of Xorfolk might take a trade excursion up here to see the country tributary to Xorfolk. It .makes one hope that wholesale gro- eery and wholesale houses of other kinds may be not far In the future. For Xorfolk has an opportunity to become a city to supply this terri tory and that opportunity is now ! WHITE ARMY HALTS AT- DALLAS Civilization Straining to Push West ward Young Blood at Dallas. Dallas , S. D. , July 25. From n staff correspondent : "Westward . the r.trr of empire takes its course- . " The man who \\rote it ought to be here in Dal las today to see his theory exemplified. I lore at the western edge of clvill/a ilon , on the frontier , the whit ? army- is halting for t1" ' moment , rum-king time , and straining at Its haness for a fbanco to l"eil ) : still furt'iijr ' In to- wr.nl the setting sun. The Tripp county opening will give the word , "Go ! " And the white man is only now awaiting the word. Dotting the raw prairie out here within a half mile of the million acres of land which are to be given away , the cluster of houses and business buildings called "Dallas" affords a really remarkable view to the new comer , when it Is borne in mind that this Is but a "yearling" town. Perhaps never before was such a frontier town built up In the short space of twelve months as this Dallas town. It has been started In splen did fashion. Striking two-story build ings line the main street , and the two good looking rows of new buildings that face each other , with the street between , are edged with broad white bands of cement for sidewalks. Dallas Is on the qul vivo in anticipa tion of the forthcoming Trlpp county- rush. Each night's train brings strangers to look. Land is in the air land sales and land talk. On every other window are "Land" signs. The rap-rap of the hammer rings out clear and sharp all day. Xow buildings are constantly going up. There are four lumber yards now and another Is soon to come. Dallas has young blood In the veins of its business men. And It's enthu siastic blood. The banker , the law yer , the physician , the postmaster , the merchant all are of the young , clean- cut type of man who has vim and vigor. And Dallas has earned reputa tion for doing things. Out beyond here , to the west , Trlpp county is already beginning to fool the blade of the white man's plow. A number are getting Indian land and the new settler has already begun to pave the way for the army which soon Is to follow In another Invasion upon the red man's original territory. CATCH FIVE SWIFTS. Five Young Eagles From Lymnn Coun ty Also Part of Gregory Sights. Gregory. S. D. , July 'Jfi. From u staff correspondent : Yes , this If western frontier. Five swifts like u coyote In many ways and live llvt young American eagles are part ol the sights to be seen hero. They were caught In Lytnun county , north of here. Prairie Chickens Scarce In Trlpp. Dallas. S. D. , July 'jr. . From a start correspondent : Prairie chickens HIT very scarce * In this part of the county this year. People' who have driven over Trlpp county say that only a very few eihlekons are to be seen. How to Keep Mosquitoes Away. Ilutto , Neb. , July L'fi. From u start e-orreMpondent : William Derlg of this city lias a formula that will keep mos quitoes away. Mix pennyroyal and sweet oil In equal parts and dissolve In a milurc a small piece of cam phor gum. Rub the stuff on the skin , It keeps off mosqulloes. South Dakota News. Two ministers attended the confer ence of the liquor dealers' association at Rapid City. Xumi'.rous subjects were discussed by the county supiTintendents in ses sion at Rapid City. Y. M. C. A. FUND CAMPAIGN GIVES WAY TO CHAUTAUQUA. TAKE THREE WEEKS' RECESS To Avoid Conflict Between Y. M. C. A. Movement and Approaching Chnutnuqua Executive Committee of Y. M. C. A. Orders Recess. That ( lie Y. M. C. A. campaign and ( lie Xorfolk chautauqua might not conflict the executive committee today announced an adjournment of the active canvass for funds until after the chuutauqim is over. It was felt that the chautauqua will call for con siderable local time and energy the next three weeks and being In hearty sympathy with the chnutnuqiiu the committee took action that would avoid any possibility of a conflict. The recess in the campaign leaves the the amount to be raised to secure a Y. M. C. A. building $ S,10fi. That sum Is to be secured before fall. G. A. Young , general secretary of the South Omaha association , who has been managing the campaign , re turned to his association work In South Omaha today Immediately following the conclu sion of the chautauqua the canvass will be taken up again and pushed to the end. The committee are satisfied that the money can be raised. They say the work of the last two weeks proves the matter beyond a doubt. Mr. Young will probably return at the call of the committee and resume his work as manager. In the mean time the workers , while not ac tively engaged in canvassing , will take what pledges offer and will keep the organization together , having It ready for the final effort In August. Xew pledges taken up to C o'clock Friday were : M. D. Wheeler $ 15 Fred C. Webber ; 10 A. F. Clark 5 II. F. Donnor 10 .las. Davey 25 A. A. Welch 25 ' Mrs. A. Teal . 5 T. W. Johnson 5 J. L. Pierce 15 J. C. Larkln 10 Chas. Larkln 5 C. R. D. named 15 Cash 1 Cash . - 10 C. E. White 10 $100 Previously reported 2HG9 Total $2535 Team standings : Team Xo. 2 ? 710 Team Xo. 5 505 Traveling men's team 305 Team Xo. 3 358 Team Xo.1 285 Railroad men's team 100 Hoys' team 71 Team Xo. 1 -15 Bryan Gets a poser. Lincoln , Neb. , July 25. When William Jennings Bryan opened a letter addressed to the editor of the Commoner this morning ho found a printed slip , sent out from nn In quiring newspaper In the cast : 'Will your newspaper support the Democratic ticket this year ? Did it support the Democratic ticket in 1S9C ? In 1900 ? It was a poser , but upon Inquiry- Mr. Bryan learned that the publication In question was endeavoring to obtain n census of the chnngo of opinions of all the Democratic papers in the country , and that presumably some olllce clerk sent a slip to the Com moner just because It was on the list of papers. Mr. Bryan said that If ho found It necessary to reply ho could state that In this one case It was a distinct gain for him , as the Commoner did not support the Democratic ticket In 189C op 1900. It was then not In ex istence. A Son. Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Wag ner , a son. Try a News want acL f NORTHWEST , WORLD'S BREAD > BASKET , SEES BUMPER CROP. If BUTTE AND COUNTRY PROSPERS Politics Beginning to Hum In Butte. W. A. Coble , Once of Norfolk , Would . Be County Attorney Butte People Will l.-e Chautauqua Visitors. llutto. Neb. , July 25. Prom a staff corrohpondonl : The green Holds of Iloyd county never smiled moro con tentedly than they smile today. Never within the memory of the oldest In habitant has there been prospect of a moro bounteous yield of grain than right now , and prosperity sits out on the fence to elieer up the farmer al his work In the hot sun. Surely ( Ills Is , as somebody has well said , I ho bread basket of the world. And the whole agricultural world will have lo take Its hat off this year to northern Nebraska and southern South Da kota. kota.The corn stands tall and majestic , 'i. ' ready lo yield n bumper crop ; the wheat , well filled and rich In Its golden ripeness , will feed the hungry roller mills with a wealth of grain ; and the oats have a splendid stand. Threshing machinery hums from daylight till dark and ( he song of prosperity and good cheer Is In ( ho air. Activity Is on every hand. The merchants are prosperous. The banks ' arc In splendid condition. All In all , It Is a jewel of n town and ono Hint Is forging to the front. Many Butte people are wearing badges announcing ( lie county fair and race meet which comes Septem ber 2 , 3 and -I. A big time is in pros pect. A great many Butte people expect lo go to Norfolk for the elmutnuqua. Norfolk Is the natural metropolis of tills northwest and people here are ! ihul of an opportunity to take In such itttractlons. Being the county seat , this town is beginning to hum with political gos sip. One former Xorfolk man is n candidate for ( lie republican nomina tion as county attorney of Boyd coun ty W. A. Goble. He will have R. R. Hazon of Xaper and Judge McCutch- [ on of Spencer for opposition In the primary. Sheriff Coleman has just returned from Lincoln , where ho took a [ irlsoner for safe keeping. The man's [ .rial doesn't come for sometime and the prisoner and old man charged with a revolting statutory crime was losing health here In the little ( all without exercise. Deputy State Veterinarian Myers of Norfolk and another state veterinarian have been here for several days fight ing a glanders contagion that broke out among horses. They have made good headway in ballllng the disease. WHEN THEY TELL BRYAN. Lincoln Capitol Grounds Ssene of Notification Big Crowds to Come. Lincoln , Xeb. , July 25. Special to The Xews : August 12 , 190R. will be a day long to he remembered in Lin coln if tlie plans being made by local democrats are carried out. On the two other occasions on which William J. Bryan has boon notified of his nom ination for president of the United States it lias been found expedient to bold the notification ceremonies in other cltic-s. This year Bryan's "homo town" is to bo the scene of the notification and elaborate prepara tions are under way. The first idea was to hold the exor cises at Fairvlow , but reflection has convinced all that the single car line would lie quite Inadequate to the task of transporting the crowds that will undoubtedly be in Lincoln at that time , drawn both by the state fair and by Bryan. So arrangements are be ing made for holding the exercises on the capitol grounds the scene of the great non-partisan demonstration when the Bryans returned from their journey around the world. Governor Sheldon's consent to tills lias not yet been obtained , but It is thought that there will be no dlfllculty along this line. line.The The program on the capitol grounds will probably begin about 2 o'clock In Hie afternoon. A big parade will either precede or follow It. The old Bryan homo guards have been re organized and will act as escort of honor to Mr. Bryan. Prominent visi tors from all over the country are ex pected , as well as largo delegations from nil parts of Nebraska. Among those who will be Invited to occupy platform seats at the cere mony are Chairman J. 13. Miller of the Commercial club board of directors , Xutional Commltteomnn P. U Hull , Mayor Brown , the various olllcers of the Bryan Volunteers' state organiza tion and of the Lincoln Bryan club and representatives from the state , ( county , city and congressional dis trict committees. Mr. Bryan has as yet written none of his speech of acceptance , though he has been thinking the matter over somewhat during his leisure moments. Ho will not write his speech until after the publication of the speech of acceptance of Judge Taft , as ho wishes to have this before him during the preparation of his own address. Mr. Bryan has stated that his speech will not necessarily be devoted entirely to the platform.